Somalia:Hormuud Telecom threatens to sign agreement with US law firm

Adnan Haji Ali, a member of Hormuud telecom, and the man whose voice is recorded in the system of Hormuud telecom called me from Mogadishu on Saturday, 2 November 2019.

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Somalia: Hormuud Telecom-Al Shabaab Business Alliance

Paying taxes and supporting Al-Shabaab activities has enabled Hormuud Telecom to penetrate and set business in areas under the group's control. In certain regions, Hormuud has enjoyed monopoly of mobile communication services under the protection of the militant group. The expansion of their services…

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Newly divorced Ilhan Omar faces investigation

EXCLUSIVE: Newly divorced Ilhan Omar faces investigation over $369k in payments to married lover and for taking him on trips paid for by her campaign Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is facing an investigation over taking her lover Tim Mynett on trips that were paid for by her campaign The conservative…

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Somalia:Joint Statement by Hormuud Telecom and the Somali Cash Consortium

Hormuud Telecom has offered Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) responding to the recent floods in Beledweyne, Baidoa and Jowhar districts and Gedo region of Southern Somalia, commission free bulk cash transfers to vulnerable Somalis. This will allow the Somali Cash Consortium and other NGOs to provide…

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Somalia A Divided Legacy: Hormuud Telecom and Political Islam

The Chairman of Hormuud Telecom Group Ahmed Nur Ali Jim'ale was a kingpin in Al-Shabaab's charcoal-sugar trading cycle that funded its activities. In September 2010, he founded ZAAD, a mobile-to-mobile money-transfer business that struck a deal with Al-Shabaab to make money transfers more anonymous…

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Somalia:Hormuud Telecom and Recent Bombings of 14 October

Imam Tawhidi: Ilhan Omar Supports Terrorism-Financing Company After They Ask Her for Assistance Hormuud Telecommunications is a company identified as being one of the single largest financiers of al-Shabaab, which includes large lump sum payments to al-Shabaab in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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SOMALIA:"41% of workers of Hormuud Telecom, Taaj Express, collaborate directly pay taxes to Al-Shabaab," says the report.

The fight against Al-Qaida associates, the Al-Shabaab militants could take decades before peace keeping missions accomplish their long-term objectives in Somali, a report launched on Friday in Nairobi states.

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Somalia:The President of Djibouti is the creator of Al-Shabab terror group.

There is no question that President Ismael Omar Guelleh is the creator of extremist group Al-shabab. During the Arta conference Mr. Aden Hashi Farah nicknamed Ayro and future leader of Al-shabab was present at this conference. Ayro and others members of Al-ithihad had several meetings with President…

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Somalia: Hormuud Telecom and the Al-Shabaab Resurgence

As of August 2019, Hormuud Telecom had grown to become the largest and most influential telecommunications company in Somalia with thousands of shareholders, employees and huge assets. It was founded in April of 2002 by Ahmed Nur Ali Jim'ale, a key leader in the defunct Somali Islamic Courts Union…

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Somalia:Report Exposes Hormuud Telecom Funding Al-Shabaab, Destroying Safaricom Masts In North Eastern

As of August 2019, Hormuud Telecom had grown to become the largest and most influential telecommunications company in Somalia with thousands of shareholders, employees and huge assets.

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Report of the Investigation into the link between Hormuud Telecom and the Al-Shabaab Operations in Somalia

Reaping the Whirlwind Hormuud Entrepreneurs and the Resurgence of Al-Shabaab. October (2019) International Policy Group (IPG) Nairobi Kenya

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Uganda Court: Taaj Express Cheif Bashir Ali Jumale and his terrorism funds

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA CIVIL DIVISION MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO.154 OF 2018 SUNDUS EXCHANGE & MONEY TRANSFER HALEEL COMMODITIES LIMITED VICTORY GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED QEMAT AL NAJAH GEN TRADE LIMITED:::::::::::: APPLICANTS CITY LOVE GENERAL TRADING LIMITED HILOWE…

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Ghana: a Story of Success for Mobile Remittance Services

In recent years, mobile money has experienced unprecedented growth in sub-Saharan Africa. While Kenya is the most often cited example of this mobile cash transformation, Ghana is making huge strides. It now holds the mantle of the fastest growing mobile cash market.

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Hormuud Telecom Group commit such a crime and then walk away with it?

17. ZAAD Service is not available exclusively to customers. Like customers, service providers (Telesom, Hormuud and Golis) also make payments to vendors and employees with ZAAD service. Unlike customers, however, these providers do not need to have a positive ZAAD ac-count balance in order to make a…

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Clever Money on Mobile Solutions For Africa

Family. Respect and love. Living just alone or being part of a bigger group. Isn't everything in our life about that? Now you are struggling and asking yourself if that has anything to do with mobile money. Yes, it has. I don't know anything about you. But I assume you live in abroad, maybe…

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Somalia Mobile money: A major source of funding for Al-Shabaab-Hormuud Telecom

26. There is no doubt that, on the one hand, mo-bile money services brought financial inclusion to Somali citizens across the country. On the other hand, ordinary citizens are not the sole or even major beneficiaries of Al-Barakat mobile money services. As a matter of fact, Al-Shabaab terrorist group…

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Somalia:Hormuud telecom TAAJ service - EVC-Plus +Terrorist

'Mobile money is easy to send and receive money from anywhere in the world; here Hormuud included TAAJ service, TAAJ service is really under EVC-Plus and you can receive money from abroad directly on your phone; some of my friends are receiving money from Saudi Arabia through their phones by Taaj…

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Somalia: Hormuud Telecom Owner is identified as one of Al-Shabaab's chief financiers - UN report

Security Council Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Adds One Individual to List of Individuals and Entities. On 17 February 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea added one individual to the list of individuals and entities…

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Video Villa Somalia terrorists Attack led by Harmuud Telecom Staff

Watch updated News video about the Attackers. The U.S. condemned the Somali presidential palace assault, which underscores the need for continuing support for the Somali National Security Forces and African Union Mission in Somalia, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a diplomatic statement.

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Somalia must explain missing cash before receiving more foreign aid.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a January 2010 speech that "development was once the province of humanitarians, charities, and governments looking to gain allies in global struggles. Today it is a strategic, economic, and moral imperative — as central to advancing American interests…

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